Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-28
DOINGS AT DAKOTA CITY.
How Christmas Was Obscrved-New
business Enterprises.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb., Dec. 27.-I Core
spondence of the BEE. Christians in this
locality was appropriately observed. Christ
mas eve exercises were held IN the Lutheran
church at this place by the Sunday school
children consisting of recitations, dialogues
and songs, in which all did their part nobly
and well, when one considers the amount
of patience and tiresome labor for the older
folks connected with the same. The build
ing was eaborately decorated At the proper
time Kris Kingle, to the Joy of the little ones,
made his appearance as of yore, and ladened
the children down with a bounteous supply
of candy, nuts and popcorn. The church
was crowded to its utmost, standing room
being at par. Christmas night tae children of
the M. E. church had exercises and they all
performed their part well.
The first invoice of goods for the new store
which j. Weldon & Co., of Sioux City, will
open here, arrived to-day The store will
open Wednesday with a $4,000 stock of gen.
eral merchandise, and will be quite an ac-
QUESTION to our town.
This town for the first time in its twenty
years of solitude, is about to take onto itself
new role in the shape of "boom." We
will, in the near future, have another drug
store, hardware store, agricultural imple-
ment warehouse, feed mill and saloon.
ID. j. Ryan, of Jackson, has opened anew
the old Farmers hotel at this place, remod-
of the best and most commodious hotels in
the northeastern Nebraska. AS Mr. Ryan
is both iovial and good natured, he will make
an excellent landlord. Mr.. and Mrs. j. L.
Donham will assist him this winter in taking
care of the wayfarer,
Will c. Dbble, .tounty superintendent,
and until lately ,edito2iRl writer on the Argus
of this place, will lefve6n the expiration of
has accepted position as editor and owns an
interest in thef new stock yards
evening daily paper. Mr.. Dibble
is fully capable of filing this position, and
while it is with regret the people of this
county see him leave it they wish him sue
cess in his new departure, and know that If
vim, push, honesty and integrity enable
man to climb the ladder of fame, he will soon
be seated on the top round.
Numerous specials" have appeared in
quite fewdaiies tributary to this place in
regard to a team and a load of corn being
stolen from Mr. Jacob A. Sides, one of our
prosperous farmers, while he was in saloon.
This shows up quite well, but the truth of the
matter is, that only load of corn was stolen
from Mr.. Sides, and that was done in the
night time while he and his family were
sweetly sleeping the sleep of the honest.
j. Oesterling, until year ago proprietor of
the Farmers hall at this place, who received
IA stroke of paralysis some ten days
ago has so far recovered as to be able to
walk around his home alone. This will be
good news to Mr.. Oesterlings old friends,
| as he was widely known, being an old resi-
dent of our comfy and proprietor of the
| Farmers hotel for nearly twenty-five years
The contract for carrying the mails be-
| tween the postoffice and the depot of the Chi
cago, ST. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha rail
road was to-day let to II. j. Tinis our depot
agent, for the sum of sl24.9S. This is re-
| duction on the price now received of over
| 800, and the pay is entirely too small for the
amount of work done.
The BEE is gaining in popularity in this
| neck of Gods paradise, and hardly home in
our county is not supplied with either the
daily or weekly.
This county is in an exceedingly prosper
| Gus condition, and with the opening of spring
| it is thought even by the most doubtful, that
| improvements, hardly capable of imagina-
| tiOn will take places with the coal find, new
| railroad bridge, and other industries which,
| in the shape of manufactures have been
| promised, property will advance in value
| equal to that which occasionally invests Kan
| sas towns.
The Eagle of this place, and Sun of South
| Sioux City, both issued large holiday num-
bers, which were appreciated by their
readers.
1t is thought that Dakota county will cap
| ture one, if not both of the two brcweries
| the Franz and the Seltzer, which have by
law been shut down at Sioux City.
The farmers are taking advantage of the
| nigh price of corn and hogs and are dispos-
ing of the same IN large quantities.